The Classical in Cleveland: From Jean-Michel Basquiat to Adam Pendleton

8th April 2017Adam Pendleton, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Minus Plato Today, MOCA ClevelandAdam Pendleton, Jean-Michel BasquiatMinus Plato

I just returned from a quick visit north to Cleveland where I visited two brilliant exhibitions: Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Adam Pendleton: Becoming Imperceptible at MOCA. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s recourse to the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome is well-known and documented and it was exciting to explore up close […]

What’s past is prologue: 100 Notes – 100 Thoughts – 100 Posts

17th October 2015Bettina Funke, documenta 14, dOCUMENTA(13), future, MOCA Cleveland, past, Paul Chan, present, Seth PriceMinus Plato

I am writing this Minus Plato post on my phone, while sitting in the car outside MOCA Cleveland, waiting for my son to wake up from a nap. Inside may lie in wait an exhibition, an artist, an artwork, that could be the subject of a future Minus Plato post. But all I can do […]